Floating flying-boat.



AJ.A P. C. BOUSCAL.

, FLOATING FLYING BOAT.

APPLIQATION FILED AUG. 1e, 1909.

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J. P. G. BOUSCAL.

PLOATING FLYING BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1909.

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JUSTIN P. C. BOUSCAL, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FLOATING FLYING-BOAT.

Specification of Letterslatent.

Patented July 25, 1911.

Application filed August 16, 1909. Serial No. 513,154.\

To all whom t't may concern:

Be it known that I, JUSTIN P.' C. BoUsoAL, a citizen of France, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, lhave invented `certain 'new and useful Improvements in .Floating Flying-Boats, of which the following lis a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

Thisr invention relates to a flying machine,v

and has for its object the production of a machine provided with a'plurality of planes suitably mounted upon the body portion of the machine, so as to 'be capable of change in angular position.

Another object ofl this invention is the -production of a flying machine, which can safely alight on either land or water.

With these and other objects in view this invention consists of certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts a's will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. I

In the drawings: Figurel is a top plan view of the machine; Fig. 2 is a viewof the machine showing the top layer of planes removed therefrom; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the machine taken on line 3-.3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a front vview of the machine; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of one of the propeller blades; 6 is a detail perspective of the device for adjusting the angle ofthe planes', which also tilts the propellers.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates the'body to the bottom of which are secured brackets or wheel-supporting f members 2. The wheel-supporting members '2 carry, at their lower ends,v wheels 3 for supporting the body when the machine is brought to rest upon the ground. The body portion 1 is,I preferably, in the form of a hull, so asto allow the machine to safely alightupon the water, as wellas land. To the rear end of the body or hull 1 is pivotally connected a rudder 4. -The rudder, 4 is l' controlled `by means of cables 5, which cables are-.connected` to a steering wheel 6, f carried within the hull or body 1.

Supported'uponthebody or hull 1 arena" plurality of planes, which are arranged 1n llayierspositi'oned voneabove` the other f and comprising upper planes 7 and lower planes W8. The planes are supported upon the body byy means of vertically-extending rods 9, which pass through the upper planes and same.

over theI top thereof, thereby firmly holdling the planes 7 upon the supporting rods 9.

-means of a. link connection 1Q, which facilitates the operation of the upper planes 7 simultaneously with the operation of the lower planes 8.

Substantially U-shaped members 13 are connected lto the transversely-extending rods 11, which rods support the lower planes 8 and the U-shaped members 13 are connected at their lower ends to a longitudinally-extending member 14. The central plane 8a is supported upon a transversely-extending supporting member 14a in a similar manner to the end planes, and a substantially U- shaped member 15 is fixedly secured to said shaft, and issecured atits lower end intermediate the ends of the longitudinallyextending member 14. The central, substantiallyl U-shaped lmember 15 comprises side members 17, which are secured to the transversely -extending brace member 14,

supporting the intermediate plane 8, as at 17a. The; substantially U-shaped member 15 passes through an enlarged portion 18a formed intermediate the ends of the longi-` tudinally extending i member 14, and is,

thereby secured to said longitudinally-extending member for readily actuating the The substantially U-shaped member is provided intermediate its ends withv eX- tending portions 1621 formed upon the inner side of each of the side members 17 of the substantially U-shaped member 15. The extending'k portions 16a engage theicollar p0rtion 16, and therebyfixedly secure the same to the substantially U-shaped portion- 15.

A longitudinally-extending threaded member or screw 18 is supported within the body '1. by means of braces 19, which carry' at their-.upper ends journals 20. The respective ends of the threaded member or screw 18 are journaled in the journals 20 ofthe supporting brackets 19.v The screw 18 carries,.at one end, an operating wheel'Ql. The

collar 16 is also threaded and is adapted to Work upon the threads of the screw 18. Therefore, it will be obvious that when the Wheel 21 is rotated the samewill rotate the screw, thereby causing the collar 16 to move forward or backward upon the threads, which will swing the U-shaped members 13 and 15, thereby regulating the angle or pitch of the planes 7 and S.

The central planes 8a are provided with slots 22, and upon the upper face of the planes 8a :1re placed journals 23, and said planes are braced by means of braces 24, which extend over the corners of the planes 8a to the journals 23, which are positioned near the center of the planes. A propeller blade 22l is rotatably mounted upon said journals, and works in the slot 22 formed in the blade 8a. Upon the transversely-extending brace member 14a are loosely mounted shafts 25, which are journaled within the journals 26, formed upon the upper portion of the body 1. Upon the shafts 25 are positioned sprocket wheels 27. Within the hull 1 is positioned a motor 28 of any desired type, and is provided with a shaft 29, which carries, at each end a wheel 30 and a sprocket chain 31 -passes from said sprocket wheels 30 and 27 and imparts rotary movement to the shafts 25. The propeller wheels 22a are provided with beveled gears 32, which mesh with gears 33 formed uponl the ends of the shafts 25, thereby imparting rotary movement through the medium of said gears to the propeller blades 22a by means of the motor 28.

The propeller blades 221 comprise a thickened body portion 34, which terminate into blade portions 35 being beveled upon one side as at 36.

From the foregoing description, it will be.

readily seen that by means of the present invention the propeller blades will be readily changed to any desired angle at the same time when the angle of the planes is changed. Y

It will be obvious that by having the upper and lower planes arranged in accordance with the present description and illustration, and the` planes overlapping each other that the ship will be made more buoyant in view'ot,` the fact that more surface will be presented to be acted upon by the air. When it is desired to ascend, the propellers and blades are adjusted at the desired angle by means of the adjusting screw member 18 and the motor is set into operation, thereby causing the propeller blades to operate, and the ship will immediately rise to any desired height, and when the desired height is reached, the planes 7 and 8 can be adjusted to any position desired, so as to have the ship remain in the desired altitude.

What I claim is:

1. In a flying machine of the classdescribed the combination with a bod of a rudder carried thereby, a plurality o planes adjustably supported. upon said body, some of said planes provided with slots, propel- 1ers journaled to rotate in the slots transversely of the planes, driving means cooperating with said propellers and adapted to actuate the same, said propellers adapted to be adjusted with said planes, and common means carried by said body to swing said planes for adjusting the angle thereof and of said propellers.

2. In a flying boat of the class described the combination with a hull, of a plurality of layers of movable planes supported above said hull, link rods connecting said planes for allowing said planes to be simultaneously operated .in pairs, an operating rod cooperating with said pairs of planes in said hull, a threaded member and a sleeve traveling upon said threaded member and connected to said operating rod for swinging said planes when said threaded member is operated, propelling means carried byicertain of said planes and extending through the same, and driving means carried by said body. j

3. In a dying machine of the class described the combination with a hull, wheels carried by said hull, of a plurality of movable planes carried by said body, said plane arranged in series one above the other, link rods connecting said series of planes in pairs, a screw member supported in said body, a collar positioned upon said screw member and adapted to travel thereon, alongitudinally-eXtending operating rod connecting said pairs of planes, substantially U-shaped members connected to said rod and said planes, one of said U-shaped members being connected to said collar, said longitudinallyextending rod adapted to be shifted when said collar travels upon said screw threaded member for operating and changing the angle of the planes.

4. In a flying machine of the class described the combination with a body, of adjustable planes, transversely-extending supporting rods supported by said body and supporting said planes upon said body, a substantially U-shapedmember iXedly secured to each of said rods, a longitudinallyextending operating rod pivotally secured to the lower ends of said U-shaped members, lugs formed upon one of said members, a collar supported by said lugs, a screwr extending through said collar to move the same for causing said substantially U- shaped members to swing backward or forward, whereby the angle of all the planes will be adjusted,'and propelling means carried by certain of said planes and extending transversely through the same.

'5. A flying machine comprising a body portion, upper and lower adjustable planes for saidbody portion, the central ones of said lower planes provided with slots, propellers journaled within said slots and passing through the same, and means for changing the angle of saidplanes.

6. A flying machineof the character described comprising a body portion, a plurality of upper adjustable planes, a plurality of lower adjustable planes including a pair of centrally disposed planes each having a slot therein extending transversely of the 1 machine, rods connecting said upper planes to said lower planes, pivoted rods secured to said lower planes, propellers journaled to rotate through said slots and each provided with a bevel gear, sleeves lsurrounding the pivoted rod connecting said lower central planes, bevel gears upon the outer ends of' said sleeves and meshing with the gears of said Propellers,l means for rotating said sleeves to actuate said propellers and means y JUSTIN P. C. BOUSCAL.

- Witnesses:

L. HENRY, E. G. BROJEREUN. 

